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Synastry: Moon - Mars Aspects

When the Moon in one person's natal chart
forms an aspect to another person's Mars:

When the Moon conjuncts Mars in synastry, there is a strong attraction that is both physical and
emotional. We are combining yin and yang planets here, and these
tend to generate much fascination and attraction. Over time, the
Moon person might find the Mars person both insensitive to his or
her needs and feelings, and overreactive to his or her needs and
feelings! The Moon person might find that Mars comes on a little
too strong when times call for more sensitivity or moderation. The
relationship is sure to be an emotional one, with plenty of hurt
feelings now and again, and joyful moments when the two come
together again after an argument. The two people are very involved
in each other's lives, and have a hard time being objective.
Decisions they make as a couple tend to be very subjective and
personal. A lot of touchiness from both parties generally
characterizes the partnership.

The square and opposition
are rather similar in nature to the conjunction, but more
problematic. The emotional rollercoaster can be tryingparticularly
for the Moon person. The Moon person finds Mars overly aggressive,
pushy, and defensive. The Mars person feels the Moon person is too
demanding and needy. The couple reacts in instinctual, spontaneous
ways to one another—to a point that there is little reason or logic
involved. With a propensity to react to each other without thinking, it is easy to imagine that plenty of hurt feelings are a
by-product. Defensiveness, nagging, and "immature" behavior are all
strong possibilities with this combination. Co-dependency issues are
also quite possible. These people arouse each other's passions—both
pleasant and difficult ones. The Moon person might want a promise or
a commitment from the Mars person, and find it challenging that Mars
prefers to take things one day at a time. The Mars person's displays of independence
and self-assertion can be seen as dominating by the Moon person, and
it can threaten the Moon person's very sense of security. The
negative and angry interplays between these individuals will play
out most powerfully when they live together—things can actually get
a little nasty. Particularly with the
square, the Moon person might tend to complain and dump emotional
hurts and frustrations on the Mars person. The Mars person has a way
of pulling out dependency in the Moon person. Even if the Moon
person is an emotionally "together" person with others, the
chemistry between Moon and Mars is such that Mars tends to draw out
any needy and/or fearful/depressed feelings in the Moon person. It's
simply very hard to relax in one another's company. Resentment
towards one another, over time, is likely. This is a very
temperamental combination.

A trine or sextile between the Moon
and Mars is a powerful indicator of attraction. It brings much
mutual fascination, and is especially strong with the trine. The
relationship has a very animated and lively quality. The Moon person
nurtures and feeds the Mars person's ego, providing plenty of
"strokes". While the Moon person has a soothing and
calming effect on the Mars person, the Mars person encourages Moon
to be brave and confident. Through each other, the individuals learn much about
their instincts and needs. Because reactions to each other are very
spontaneous and instinctual, the relationship can be somewhat
tumultuous at times, but for the most part, it's a pleasing
interaction. Although the couple tends to argue perhaps more than
most, they extract joy and emotional reward from the interactions.